Poynting may refer to:

  • John Henry Poynting (1852–1914), a British physicist, after whom are named:
  • Poynting vector, a representation of the energy flux of an electromagnetic field
  • Poynting's theorem on conservation of energy in electromagnetic field
  • Poynting (lunar crater), crater on the Moon
  • Poynting (Martian crater), crater on Mars
  • 11063 Poynting, a main-belt asteroid

See also

  • Pointing, a gesture
  • Pointing (disambiguation)